Nostalgia New Year Poems

   In the name of a certain Kennedy
     I hope you'll take me seriously

   Ask not what...

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To digest the news less yet ironically stay informed.
To continue to read - so from my room I may travel and have a life transformed.
To...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Last year, time ended in a waterfall:
it crashed into yet another abyss,
desperate to grab onto an
intangible hope for air.

Last year, time ended like a sunset:
known...

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It was a meal that my late mom cooked but it sure didn't please.
Every New Year Day, Mom cooked hog jowls and black-eyed peas.
I always...

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Soon it will be 2019,
As Santa Claus glides in
On his reindeer chariot
Millions of souls rejoice 
All around the world.
The year 2018, still holding 
Onto the...

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Impaled embers forsook
damp crevices elongated 
wide orifices inhale poised 
pain wrapped in prideful
Splendor.

Sprint gallantly, reform
denying absorbed death
exhaling hope anew
evermore proved extreme
Brillance.

Spread wide softly,
overtake righteous screams
whisper...

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I want to go out in pouring  rain
Take my umbrella for drops to run n drain 

Hear a peacocock raise a hue and cry
Think...

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Five years ago, on New Year's Eve,
I resolved to love forever,
Weeks later, the mailman came,
My draft notice arrived.

Four years ago, on New Year's Eve,
I wished...

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The New Year boasts of new beginnings,
While Auld Lang Syne says farewell to the past.
Crossing over to a refreshing new start,
Yet holding on tight to...

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How fireworks are constructed - I haven't got a clue.
I'm just really excited about all the things that they can do.
Flying high up into the...

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In Spring, I adored you
The tree blossoms drifting with the wind
White petals landing in raven hair
Harmonizing songs echoing in the valley

In Summer, I loved you
The...

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Times are changing
From one year to the next
Pasts are erased
And expectations met.

Making self promises
Looking to a new you
People partying around
To welcome new year in.

Remembering the...

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See the tired, white-bearded man 
stepping out with tears of sadness...
as the vibrant young man steps in!
Cheer for the lad! Fill up your glass!
Your sad...

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In the new year we have arrived 
on the golden threads of life
weaving a story, so unbelievable.

Somewhere when the tune plays
we feel the joy and...

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